Return to My Native Land by Aimé Césaire

Return to My Native Land

Wesleyan Poetry

Aimé Césaire with John Berger (Translator), Anna Bostock (Translator)

80 pages first pub 1939 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Description

A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Négritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resona...

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Moods

reflective 95%
challenging 66%
emotional 54%
dark 50%
sad 33%
inspiring 29%
tense 25%
hopeful 20%
adventurous 4%
funny 4%
informative 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

medium 52%
fast 43%
slow 4%

Average rating

4.01

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